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W. 11. PARKS, Jr.

STEERING MECHANISM FOR HEADERS AND THRASHERS. No. 319.117.

Patented June 2, 1885...

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STEERING MECHANISM FOR HEADERS AND THRASHERtE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,117, dated June 2,1885.

Application filed Ju y 26, 1884, (N model.)

To all wit-0722, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. PARKS,

J r., of Marysville, county of Yuba, and State of California, haveinvented an Improvement in Steering Combined Headers andThrashers; and Ihereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement or method forsteering combined headers and thrashers; and it consists in such anarrangement of levers, pulleys, and ropes by which the operator isenabled to stand in the most convenient position for seeing his workahead, and from which he is enabled through the ropes to operate thesteering-whecl.

The object of my invention is to enable the steerer to locate himself insuch a position that his view of the field in front will not beobstructed by the intervening machine, and at the same time give him thenecessary means by which he can govern the steering wheel. In machinesof this class the thrasher portion is usually so cumbersome as toentirely cut off from View of the steerer the work ahead, and he isunder the necessity of guiding his machine by signals given by otherpersons. This is a great disadvantage, and by overcoming this and givinghim an opportunity to see where his machine is traveling a useful andconvenient result is produced.

My present invention contemplates the location of the steerer upon theplatform of the header portion of the machine, in which position he isat one side of the thrasher portion, and can see through the headerportion, which is generally of such light frame-work as not to obstructhis vision.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanationof my invention, Figure 1 is a plan of my device for steering a combinedheader and thrasher. Fig. 2 is a side View.

lhe machine consists, generally, of a thrasher portion, A, which maybesupposed to have the usual parts, and the header portion 13, of which 0is the usual platform at the back of the header.

D is the push-beam, carrying the usual dou- 5o ble-trees, E, andsingle-trees F, to which the horses are hitched by which the machine isadvanced.

G is the swiveling steering-wheel, near the rear end of the push-beam.Up on top of the spindle or stem 9 of this wheel is a lever, H. Upon theplatform 0 of the header portion, near one side, is a vertical shaft, I,mounted in such a manner as to be rotated in its bearings. Upon the topof this shaft is a lever, 13, 6:) to the center of which is attached theoperating'lever J. Upon the push-beam D, between the steering wheel andthe platform, is a standard, K, on top of which is a cross-piece, is,upon each end of which are mounted in a horizontal plane the pulleys L.

M are ropes attached at their rear ends to the ends of the lever H ontop of the standard g of the steering-wheel. These ropes thence extendforward, passing around pul- 7o leys L, and are secured at their forwardends to each end of the lever 'i on top of the oscillating shaft I onthe header-platform O. The steerer stands upon the plat-form O, and byoperating-lever J pulls upon either of ropes M, through which the poweris transmitted to the lever H, by which the steering-wheel G is turned,and thus the entire machine is guided. From his position on the platformhe can readily see ahead, and can judge of where his machine is going.

I do not claim the mere transmission of power to the steering-wheel bymeans of ropes or chains, as such have long been used in boats andships; but I conceive myinvention S 5 consists in the arrangement ofparts herein shown and described, and their application to the machine,by which useful and advantageous results are produced.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is--- In combination with the push-beam D of acombined header and thrasher, and the steering-wheel G, having spindleg, a means by 5 which said spindle is oscillated to operate thesteering-wheel, consisting of a lever, H, upon the top of the spindle,the pulleys L upon a suitable standard secured to the push-beam, theoscillating shaft I on the platform of the header portion of themachine, having lever i upon its top, the operating-lever J, con--neeted with said lever z, andthe cords or ropes M, connected with leverH, passing around pulleys L and connected with lever 03, i

substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my 10 hand.

WILLIAM H. PARKS, JR.

W'itnesses:

' H. S. EILERMAN,

J. B. FULLER.

